Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
OUR PRODUCTS.
Cereals, Wines, Fruits, Veg
etables and Minerals.
THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD.
Wonderful Variety and Enormous
Profits of Farming in Semi
Tropic SOi's and Climate.


peer nor rival on the earth in the way o
variety of products, and of profits o
husbandsY.
Beginning with the most common
branches of farming, it is found tha
last year thero were seeded in Lo'
Angeles county $50. 900 acres. About
100, 900 acres were in wheat, and the
other $50. coo in barley. but very con-
siderable quantity Of this latter was cui
for hay. The product of this was in
round numbers 1000. 200, sacks Of
grain. The wheat is. for the most part,
shipped to Europe, but the barley ia
either consumed here or shipped to the
territories, The total consumption of
barley is about 50, 600 bushels month.
There are at the moment held in few
hands. in this county, 600. 600 sacks
of barley, and 200. 900 sacks Of wheat.
The wheat is all held by the local mill.
ers, or by J. J. Mellus who handles
nearly ali the cereal crops OF this section.
Next year there will hardly be so much
acreage a. last. Some OF the faint.
hearted farmers are afraid Of dry
year and will not seed. They will be
vorry next harvest when they see the
crops gathered by the enterprising men.
Still O large number are seeding and Lo,
Angeles will have great plenty of grain
for all purposes. There will be Ii, 600
to 20, 600 acres put in on the Puente.
On the Santa ARA there are being put in
nearly 100 acres day. The POrters at
San Fernando are seeding az much.
Others are doing the Same sensible and
good work.
These are not tho only cereals that
thrive we'll in Los Angeles county.
Oats aud rye are no. largely sown but
key do as well as any here. With the
increase of fine horse stock oats will be
more sought after. as it is to the equine
race what beefsteak is to man. Corn is
another favorite crop with our farmers,
and large fields OF it are sown and
reaped along the moist lands Of the river
bottoms. A good deal of this is used
here for feeding hogs. ctc, and q good
deal is shipped to San Francisco. Other
large fodder crops are..raised here, includ.
ing the whole pumpkin tribe. and the
famous California crop of alfalfa. The
alfalfa is like clover in some respects.
The crop is cut as many rs six times a
year, and will turn off annually twelve
tons per acre ard upwards.
LEGuMINoUs CROPS.
Up to this time there is little done in
garden vegetables beyond that for home
consumption. But from the plebeian
potato to the more aristocratic cauli.
flower, and the goarmets okra, the pea.
the string bean, Lima ditto, tomato,
cabbage, egg plant, and the entire iegu.
minous plant family flourish In the soil
and climate OF this county to Q degree
not equalled in that Of any other section.
These crops grow and mature not merely
at one period in the twelve months of
the year, but, there is not month in
the year when there may not be gath.
cred from our gardens in perfect state,
crop after crop in continuous series
maturing every day in the 1865 of the
year, There is not q shadow of doubt
that in q few years there will develop
here a great industry in this lin essand
that there will go to the east from here
vegetables of all sorts in carloads, later
to be developed into train.loads. All
winter long the east is dependent on
stock of vegetables from cellars and pits
in the gardens. However good this may
be when cached in the fall. by the time
the winter is half passed the quality is
decidedly off, aad by the late spring it
is at best an unpalatable mess. The
fresh. crisp, new lettuce. cabbage. caali'
flower, peas and potatoes of this section
under such circumstances would be o
great boon to the denizens of the frozen
zone from st. Louis to Maino.
THE DECIDUoUs FRUITS.
Here is another branch of husbandry
still in its infancy. but which will grow
to giant proportions. The product Of
tue country, up to the present time is
all utilized here either for local con.
or by the local Gamers
and dryers. As the country is now
developing all grown in the
country is soarcely sufficient to meet
this home demand. Last year the crop
being small there was not enough to
keep the consumers working to their
full capacity. The plant may be great.
ly enlarged and yet the product will
hardly keep pace with the growth of
the population. Before this point is
passed and there is any surplus of de.
duous fruits, there will have been de-
veloped trade in these commodities
with the eastern states that will absorb
it all at good prices. California will be
the fruit garden of the whole Union, and
our products will so to every city by
the hundreds Of tons.
There is an endless variety Of fruit
grown here. The apple, pear, prane,
plum, peach. nectarine, apricot persim.
mon tthe Japanese Variety the quincs,
the current, goose berry, cherry, black.
berry, raspberry and strawberry all
take most kindly to tho soil and cli-
mate of this region.
THE VARIOUS NUTS
Used as food by man and known as